# Incident 19931126051899I: Cessna S550, Teterboro, NJ, November 26, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 1993, 15:05 local time
- Place: Teterboro, NJ
- Airport: Teterboro
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DXTA
- Location: 40.8501° N, 74.0608° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TETERBORO (TEB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8501&lon=-74.0608&mi=10
- Aircraft: N277QS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA S550
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931126051899I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT CHANGED TRANSPONDER TO CODE 7600 ON APPROACH. ATC RECEIVED CODE AS 7500 HIJACK. POLICE MET AIRCRAFT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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